8-K

UNITED STATES 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF

THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): July 20, 2012

APOLLO MEDICAL HOLDINGS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	000-25809	20-8046599
(State or Other Jurisdiction	(Commission File	(I.R.S. Employer
of Incorporation)	Number)	Identification Number)

700 N. Brand Blvd., Suite 450, Glendale, CA 91203

(Address of principal executive offices) (zip code)

(818) 396-8050

(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

N/A

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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Item 8.01 Other Events.

On July 9, 2012, Apollo Medical Holdings, Inc. issued a press release, attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1, announcing the Company had been selected to participate in the Medicare Shared Savings Program (“MSSP”) Accountable Care Organization (ACO), a multifaceted new program sponsored by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). On July 10, 2012, the Company issued a follow up press release, attached as Exhibit 99.2, relating to the Company’s selection to participate in the MSSP.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d) Exhibits.

99.1	Press Release of Apollo Medical Holdings, Inc. dated July 9, 2012
99.2	Press Release of Apollo Medical Holdings, Inc. dated July 10, 2012

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

	APOLLO MEDICAL HOLDINGS, INC.
Dated: July 20, 2012	By:	/s/ Warren Hosseinion
	Name: Warren Hosseinion
	Title:     Chief Executive Officer

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EX-99.1

EXHIBIT 99.1

 

July 9, 2012

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

ApolloMed ACO To Participate As A Medicare Shared Savings Program Accountable Care Organization

Voluntary, New Care Coordination Program Created To Offer High Quality Service And Care To Beneficiaries Through Partnership with Medicare

Glendale, California -- ApolloMed ACO, today announced it has been selected to participate in the Medicare Shared Savings Program (Shared Savings Program) Accountable Care Organization (ACO), a multifaceted new program sponsored by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).

Through the Shared Savings Program, ApolloMed ACO will work with CMS to provide Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries with high quality service and care, while reducing the growth in Medicare expenditures through enhanced care coordination.

Media Contact:

Nidia Flores

ApolloMed ACO

(818) 396-8050

nflores@apollomed.net

For more information about the Shared Savings Program, visit the CMS ACO website at:

www.medicare.gov/acos.html

EX-99.2

EXHIBIT 99.2

 

July 10, 2012

ApolloMed ACO Selected To Participate In A Transformative New Initiative Sponsored by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

Glendale, California – Apollo Medical Holdings, Inc. (“ApolloMed”) (OTCQB – AMEH), a leading provider of hospitalist, critical care and multi-disciplinary care management services to the healthcare community, announces that ApolloMed ACO, one of its subsidiaries, has been officially selected by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) to participate in the Medicare Shared Savings Program. (“MSSP”)

The Medicare Shared Savings Program model is designed to encourage the development of Accountable Care Organizations (“ACOs”), which can be comprised of hospitals, doctors and other health care providers who work together and are accountable for quality outcomes and the overall patient experience, while reducing the growth in Medicare expenditures.

Through the MSSP model, ApolloMed ACO will work with CMS on a program for Medicare beneficiaries that enhances the engagement between patients and their medical providers through the coordination of care and services across all aspects of their health needs. Patients will benefit from improved quality and outcomes as a result of a more efficient and coordinated approach among providers.

“We are pleased that our ACO has been selected by CMS to participate in the Medicare Shared Savings Program. Our involvement at this early stage of accountable care positions our company extremely well to thrive during this critical phase of health care,” stated Warren Hosseinion, M.D., Chief Executive Officer of Apollo Medical Holdings, Inc. and ApolloMed ACO, Inc. “We feel a deep sense of responsibility for our patients and will focus on delivering coordinated, patient-centered, high quality and cost-effective care for them.”

“The accountable care model represents the future of health care delivery in the United States,” stated Eli Hendel, M.D., Chairman of the Board of ApolloMed ACO, Inc. “We are very excited about the opportunity to provide leadership in achieving the goals of the Medicare Shared Savings Program.”

Over one hundred primary care physicians from Greater Los Angeles and Central California joined ApolloMed ACO.

About Apollo Medical Holdings, Inc.

ApolloMed is a leading provider of integrated medical care and management services plus multi-disciplinary care management services targeting inefficiencies in healthcare payer and provider networks. The Company’s integrated model combines its Accountable Care Organization, hospitalist medicine, critical care medicine, 24-hour physician call center, case management, high-risk medicine program and transition care management.

For more information, please visit our website: www.apollomed.net

Media Contact:

Nidia Flores

Apollo Medical Holdings, Inc.

818-396-8050

nflores@apollomed.net